An evaluation of the Kearny Fallout Meter (KFM), a radiation detector constructed from commonly available household materials.

abstract：:The factors affecting indoor radon properties in Hong Kong have been studied, including the radon concentration, the total potential alpha energy concentration of radon progeny, the equilibrium factor, and the fraction of unattached radon progeny. These factors fall into three categories, namely, (1) the building char...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Yu KN,Young EC,Li KC

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unusual reported dose equivalents due to high-energy photons for two individuals prompted the investigation of the effects of severe heating conditions expected in closed vehicles during southwestern summer months on commercial film dosimeters. A historical review of dosimetry records revealed several additional repor...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kearfott KJ,Chesser JM,Mitchell HE,Coombs MA

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design and performance of a positionally sensitive system for the laser read-out of dosimetric information contained in LiF chips and a specially designed composite detector having a thin LiF layer is reported. A 2 cm X 3 cm X 0.254 mm LiF layer was successfully manufactured with a glass backing; however, this was...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kearfott KJ,Grupen-Shemansky ME

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1992, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSCH) Radiation Safety Program began assembling data on a monthly basis that described various program drivers and associated activities. At the end of calendar year 2002, a decade of data had been collected, so the information was summarized into a ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Emery RJ,Gutierrez JM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on the 240Pu/239Pu isotope ratios in human tissues for people living around the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (SNTS) was deduced from 9 sets of soft tissues and bones, and 23 other bone samples obtained by autopsy. Plutonium was radiochemically separated and purified, and plutonium isotopes (239Pu and 24...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Yamamoto M,Oikawa S,Sakaguchi A,Tomita J,Hoshi M,Apsalikov KN

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ recovery or in situ leach (ISR/ISL) uranium facilities, also referred to in the past as "uranium solution mining" have operated since the late 1960s in the US and in recent years have accounted for over 70% of US production and, internationally, approximately half of worldwide uranium supplies. Note that throu...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Brown SH

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Instrumentation and application methodologies for rapidly and accurately estimating individual ionizing radiation dose are needed for on-site triage in a radiological/nuclear event. One such methodology is an in vivo X-band, electron paramagnetic resonance, physically based dosimetry method to directly measure the rad...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Swarts SG,Sidabras JW,Grinberg O,Tipikin DS,Kmiec MM,Petryakov SV,Schreiber W,Wood VA,Williams BB,Flood AB,Swartz HM

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal processing within a radiation detector affects detection efficiency. Currently, organizations such as private industry, the U.S. Navy, Army, and Air Force are coupling some detector systems with data collection devices to survey large land areas for radioactive contamination. As detector technology has advanced...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Marianno CM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ISABELLE is a high-intensity 400-GeV proton-storage ring under construction at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). The radiation-protection problems encountered in its design are in many ways similar to those at high-energy fixed-target facilities: both the laboratory personnel nearby and the public several kilomete...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Gollon PJ,Casey WR

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoor 222Rn in high-rise buildings originates inside the building materials, then diffuses gradually through the intergranular spaces of the material into the room atmosphere. Therefore, the radionuclide contents and the physical properties of the building materials are important for indoor 222Rn levels in Hong Kong....

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Tso MY,Ng CY,Leung JK

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electret passive environmental 222Rn monitor (E-PERM) is an extension of electret dosimeters used for measurement of x and gamma radiation. An E-PERM consists of a small cup or canister, having an electret at the bottom, and a filtered inlet at the top. The 222Rn gas entering through the filter and the decay produ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kotrappa P,Dempsey JC,Hickey JR,Stieff LR

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience gained from involvement in a number of emergency response activities since September 2001 in Texas indicated that the likely roles of statewide medical reserve corps units typically included aspects such as crowd control, registration and tracking, and information management. The need for training specifica...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Emery RJ,Sprau DD,Morecook RC,Herbold J

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review is given of the classical theory of cluster formation to see whether it is a useful description of the behaviour of unattached radioactive particles. Special attention is given to the predictions concerning the size of the clusters, their growth, and their dependency on humidity and other trace gases. The the...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Raes F

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fallout 137Cs levels in soil were measured at 11 diverse sites throughout Montana. Concentrations in near-surface samples ranged from 20-200 mBq g-1 (0.51-5.41 pCi g-1). Most of the 137Cs was in the top 10 cm of soil. Deeper occurrences were attributed to disturbances by animals and to interstitial flow of small sedim...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Arnalds O,Cutshall NH,Nielsen GA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Human Monitoring Laboratory has created a voxel phantom from computer tomography scans of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) torso phantom for use in Monte Carlo simulations. The voxel phantom has been compared to the previously developed mathematical phantom using Monte Carlo simulations and both v...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Kramer GH,Capello K,Sung J

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoid lineage recovery and involution after exposure to potentially lethal doses of ionizing radiation have not been well defined, especially the long-term effects in aged survivors and with regard to male/female differences. To examine these questions, male and female C57BL/6 mice were exposed to lethal radiation ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Wu T,Plett PA,Chua HL,Jacobsen M,Sandusky GE,MacVittie TJ,Orschell CM

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of workers internally contaminated with Am have been followed for about 12 years. The source of contamination was AmO2 powder used for production of AmBe neutron sources and other applications. The production of some radionuclide sources included chemical treatment of the original material, which transformed t...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Malátová I,Vrba T,Becková V,Pospísilová H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The threat of radiation exposure from warfare or radiation accidents raises the need for appropriate animal models to study the acute and chronic effects of high dose rate radiation exposure. The goal of this study was to assess the late development of fibrosis in multiple organs (kidney, heart, and lung) in survivors...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Unthank JL,Miller SJ,Quickery AK,Ferguson EL,Wang M,Sampson CH,Chua HL,DiStasi MR,Feng H,Fisher A,Katz BP,Plett PA,Sandusky GE,Sellamuthu R,Vemula S,Cohen EP,MacVittie TJ,Orschell CM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sorption of tin ions on human teeth from water and other drinks has been studied by the radioactive tracer technique using the isotope 113Sn (T(1/2) = 115.1 d) as a tracer. The tooth holds a minimum amount of tin from coffee and a maximum amount is held from water and from tea with sugar. The same technique was al...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Helal AA,Alian GA,Madbouly HA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guidelines for occupational exposure to radiation are based on annual absorbed or effective dose. Guidelines for Rn exposure are currently based on air concentrations of Rn or decay products. Models of bronchial dose from decay product exposure are based on calculations that have five major parameters with parameter v...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Harley NH

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the recent upsurge in worldwide terrorism, the prospects for a radiation terrorism event have greatly increased. Current recommendations regarding recovery from such an event specify that decisions about the extent of radiological cleanup will be dependent upon stakeholder acceptance of the risk levels. The case ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Jorgensen TJ

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the laser safety officer and any laser safety program is to prevent a laser accident from occurring, in particular, one that causes an injury to a person's eyes. Most laser safety courses "in-house commercial" discuss laser accidents, causes, and types of injury. Many do not address appropriate actions to ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Barat K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported here are results of a 1982 national survey in France to establish the collective effective dose equivalent associated with the main types of radiological examinations practiced annually in this country (except nuclear medicine, C.T. scans, dental radiology and mass chest screening). This report describes the ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Maccia C,Benedittini M,Lefaure C,Fagnani F

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before issuing a new or revised authorization to discharge liquid radioactive waste to a river, past and current practice has been to assess the impact of each discharge on a site-by-site basis. This paper reports an assessment of the combined impact of all the (year 1999) authorized discharges in the upper River Tham...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Hilton J,Harvey M,Simmonds J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical health physics is the profession dedicated to the protection of healthcare providers, members of the public, and patients from unwarranted radiation exposure. Medical health physicists must be knowledgeable in the principles of health physics and in the applications of radiation in medicine. Advances in medica...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Vetter RJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The air-kerma rate constant gamma delta (and its precursors), as one of the basic radiation characteristics of 192Ir, was determined by many authors. Analysis of accessible data on this quantity led us to the conclusion that published data strongly disagree. That is the reason we calculated this quantity on the basis ...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Ninković MM,Raiĉevìć JJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When patients are exposed to ionizing radiation for medical diagnosis or treatment, the procedure being performed should be justified, and the amount of ionizing radiation used should be commensurate with the medical purpose. A legal limit on the amount of ionizing radiation used for medical exposure of a patient does...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Rosenstein M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields will induce electric fields and currents within the body, but these are almost always much lower than those that can stimulate peripheral nerve tissue. Guidance on exposure to such fields has been published by NRPB and ICNIRP, which is based on the avoid...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Saunders RD,Jefferys JG

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal absorption of strontium from an oral test dose was studied in 13 healthy human volunteers using double tracer techniques with two stable strontium isotopes as tracers. Defined amounts of one isotope were administered orally, while tracer amounts of the second isotope were injected intravenously. Two differe...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Höllriegl V,Li WB,Oeh U,Roth P

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is presented to determine the uncertainties in the reported dose due to incorporated plutonium for the Mayak Worker Cohort. The methodology includes errors generated by both detection methods and modeling methods. To accomplish the task, the method includes classical statistics, Monte Carlo, perturbation, and...

journal_title：Health physics

authors： Krahenbuhl MP,Bess JD,Wilde JL,Vostrotin VV,Suslova KG,Khokhryakov VF,Slaughter DM,Miller SC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00